Domicile of Particular Persons

“Domicile” is technically defined as the relation which the law creates between an individual and a particular locality or country. It is the legal conception of home, being derived from the Latin “domus”, meaning a home or dwelling. It is synonymous with “home”. In a strict legal sense, the domicile of a person is the place where s/he has a true, fixed, permanent home and principal establishment, and to which, whenever s/he is absent, s/he has the intention of returning[i].

The law defines domicile specifically particular types of persons including: